Chapter Summaries

East King Duke visited West Kunlun and tried to use his appointment as head male immortal to impress West Queen Mother. She learned that he had reported the matter to Hongjun and disliked his behavior, while East King Duke began moving closer and releasing his Innate Yang Qi.

• East King Duke secretly admired West Queen Mother's beauty, and she noticed his gaze and felt uncomfortable.
• West Queen Mother welcomed East King Duke into the Main Hall of Profound Yin with Nine Heavens Profound Lady and other female immortals present.
• East King Duke recounted how he had appealed to Hongjun and been appointed head male immortal, implying that West Queen Mother owed him thanks for her own position.
• West Queen Mother realized East King Duke had gone behind her back to report the matter and grew more displeased with him.
• East King Duke rose, released his Innate Yang Qi, and moved toward West Queen Mother, assuming they should become Dao Companions; she secretly rolled her eyes.

East King Duke approached West Queen Mother to propose working together, but his surging Innate Yang Qi offended her and provoked her fury. He apologized and fled West Kunlun, asking her to keep the incident private.

• West Queen Mother refused East King Duke’s proposal, saying she preferred a quiet life and would not involve herself in the karma.
• East King Duke moved close to West Queen Mother, and his Innate Yang Qi stirred her Innate Yin Qi.
• West Queen Mother transformed into her innate Dao-law true form, drove off East King Duke’s Yang Qi with her Metal Qi, and summoned the Plain Colored Cloud Realm Banner.
• The female immortals drew their treasures and prepared to attack as East King Duke backed away and apologized.
• East King Duke said he would leave and asked West Queen Mother to keep the incident secret, then hurried out of West Kunlun.

West Queen Mother reassured the female immortals, established policies for West Kunlun, and gained a surge of fortune before retreating into seclusion. East King Duke returned to Fangzhu Mountain and found crowds of scattered cultivators gathered to welcome him as Head of the Male Immortals.

• West Queen Mother dismissed East King Duke’s threat to invoke Dao Ancestor Hong Jun and warned the female immortals against becoming arrogant.
• West Queen Mother welcomed female immortals seeking refuge and announced sermons at Yao Chi every ten thousand and eight hundred years, offering longevity herbs to suitable cultivators.
• West Queen Mother’s fortune surged, and she entered seclusion as her cultivation bottleneck neared a breakthrough.
• East King Duke returned to Zifu Continent after the Demon Race and Dragon Clan war had ended and found many scattered cultivators gathered outside Fangzhu Mountain.
• East King Duke’s disciples and the gathered cultivators welcomed him as Mu Gong, though powerful factions and figures showed little interest in his title.

East King Duke welcomed the Eastern Sea’s scattered immortals to Zifu Continent and began expounding the Dao, drawing cultivators into his fortune and helping many break through. As tribulation clouds gathered over the continent, he sent his Dragon Head Cane to swallow their source.

• Scattered immortals from the Eastern Sea gathered at Zifu Continent and pledged themselves to East King Duke, who welcomed them and announced that he would expound the Dao.
• Huluwa, Wu Tian, and their two companions attended the gathering but refused to bow to East King Duke or connect their fortune to him.
• East King Duke began his lecture, and the scattered immortals formed karmic connections with him while the four visitors’ fortune remained tied to Fire Cloud Cave.
• Many listeners broke through their realms, bringing tribulation clouds over Zifu Continent and alarming the cultivators gathered there.
• East King Duke cast his Dragon Head Cane into the clouds, where it transformed into a pure-yang dragon and swallowed the source of the tribulation lightning.

East King Duke intervened in the tribulations of tens of thousands of rogue cultivators, provoking the Heavenly Dao and nearly being overwhelmed by its Purple Heaven Divine Lightning. Dao Ancestor Hong Jun weakened the tribulation, allowing East King Duke to survive, while Huluwa recognized that he had received help.

• East King Duke sent the pure-yang dragon formed from his Dragon Head Cane into the tribulation clouds to help the rogue cultivators, making the Heavenly Dao's response grow more powerful.
• East King Duke panicked as the Heavenly Dao's pressure intensified and the lightning trapped his dragon.
• Huluwa mistook East King Duke's actions for an attempt to steal the source of the tribulation lightning and admired his boldness.
• Dao Ancestor Hong Jun intervened, causing the Heavenly Dao's will to retreat and weakening the tribulation.
• East King Duke's dragon swallowed the weakened lightning, and the rogue cultivators hailed him as favored by Dao Ancestor Hong Jun.
• Huluwa told Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long that East King Duke had cheated.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun rescued East King Duke, East King Duke mistook the intervention for favor and grew proud, while Hongjun worried about using him as a pawn. Hongjun resolved to watch him closely as he pursued a plan to control the Heavenly Court and strengthen his hold over the Heavenly Dao.

• East King Duke rejoiced after Dao Ancestor Hongjun saved him, believing Hongjun favored him and feeling proud in front of the watching immortals.
• East King Duke reflected on his origins, realizing Hongjun’s appointment as leader of the male immortals hinted that he should sever his innate Jia Wood Qi and focus on his pure Yang origin.
• East King Duke hesitated to give up the Jia Wood Qi because severing it could make his cultivation regress and jeopardize his chance to reach Quasi-Saint.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun sighed over East King Duke’s flaws and decided to keep a closer watch on him.
• Dao Ancestor Hongjun considered his plan for East King Duke and West Queen Mother to eventually gain control of the Heavenly Court, securing his influence over the Heavenly Dao.

Huluwa, Bai Li, Wu Tian, and Ying Long searched the East Sea for Fangzhang Island while training away from Hong Yun. After sensing a hidden aura, Wu Tian released his Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and prepared to investigate.

• Huluwa complained that he had lost the heavenly tribulation’s power because he had not asked Hong Yun for help, leaving Bai Li and Ying Long exasperated.
• The four left Zifu Continent and continued searching the East Sea for the constantly moving Fangzhang Island.
• At another location marked on Ancestral Dragon’s sea chart, Huluwa wondered if someone else had already found the island, and Bai Li urged him to be patient.
• Wu Tian sensed a faint aura of the same origin in the empty space before them and released his Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.
• Wu Tian sat cross-legged atop the spinning lotus as the others realized he might have found Fangzhang Island.

Wu Tian used her power of annihilation to break Fangzhang Island’s concealment formation, revealing the island but exhausting her mana. Huluwa caught her and helped her recover as the group prepared to explore.

• Wu Tian sensed a hidden formation, and Ying Long identified it as Fangzhang Island’s Innate Great Array.
• Wu Tian sent tribulation lightning into the barrier, but it disappeared without breaking through.
• Huluwa offered Wu Tian her gourd of tribulation lightning, but Wu Tian gathered her mana and unleashed her strongest attack.
• Wu Tian’s bolt of annihilation shattered the formation and revealed Fangzhang Island.
• Wu Tian collapsed from exhaustion, and Huluwa caught her and gave her a drink from the gourd.

Wu Tian recovered after overexerting herself, and Huluwa's spiritual liquid helped restore her strength. As Fangzhang Island emerged from the sea, the four companions watched it while several newcomers rushed toward them.

• Huluwa scolded Wu Tian for recklessly unleashing a Great Luo-level attack, then fed her spiritual liquid from his treasure gourd.
• Wu Tian recovered her magical power, took the gourd from Huluwa, and reluctantly admitted that its liquid tasted like Ginseng Fruit.
• The liquid contained Three Lights Divine Water mixed with Ginseng Fruit, which replenished Wu Tian's strength and vital energy.
• Wu Tian reflected on her inherited Devil Dao origin and the path she needed to develop for herself.
• Fangzhang Island emerged from another space and rose from the sea as the four watched.
• Several figures rushed toward the group, and their laughter sounded before they arrived.

Bai Li, Ying Long, Huluwa, and Wu Tian encountered a group of sea-beast cultivators who claimed the East Sea for East King Duke and demanded the newcomers surrender their treasures. Squid Daoist and Green Wave Daoist plotted to seize Wu Tian’s lotus platform and Fangzhang Immortal Island, while Biyou Fairy hesitated.

• Squid Daoist recognized the four from East King Duke’s lecture and assumed Bai Li and Ying Long were Dragon Clan leaders.
• Squid Daoist demanded that the four leave the East Sea and surrender their spiritual treasures, invoking East King Duke’s authority.
• Squid Daoist coveted Wu Tian’s Twelve-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus and hoped to present it and Fangzhang Immortal Island to East King Duke.
• Green Wave Daoist joined Squid Daoist in coveting the lotus and the island, while Biyou Fairy felt uneasy about robbing the four.

Squid Daoist and Green Wave Daoist led scattered immortals in surrounding Huluwa, Ying Long, Bai Li, and Wu Tian, intending to seize their treasure and Fangzhang Island. Green Wave Daoist briefly hesitated, but Squid Daoist persuaded him to press on, while Wu Tian recovered his magic power with the help of Huluwa’s treasure gourd.

• Squid Daoist and Green Wave Daoist signaled the scattered immortals to surround the four companions.
• Huluwa eagerly recognized the confrontation as an attempt to rob them, while Ying Long and Wu Tian prepared for a fight.
• Squid Daoist accused the group of defying East King Duke and the crowd added accusations against them.
• Bai Li challenged the immortals to consider whether East King Duke knew of their actions, making Green Wave Daoist hesitate.
• Squid Daoist promised to present the treasure and Fangzhang Island to East King Duke, and Green Wave Daoist agreed to support the plan.
• Wu Tian felt his magic power had fully recovered and marveled at Huluwa’s treasure gourd.

Wu Tian unleashed the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus against Squid Daoist and the loose immortals, turning the battle in her favor. She killed one attacker body and spirit, while the rest faced the lotus’s eerie light and awakened fierce-beast blood.

• Wu Tian revealed her killing intent after Huluwa took the precious gourd, and Squid Daoist prepared to send the loose immortals against them.
• Wu Tian activated the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus, filling the area with eerie light that clouded the attackers’ vision and stirred the fierce-beast blood within them.
• Squid Daoist ordered the loose immortals to attack, but Wu Tian leapt forward and struck first.
• Wu Tian’s black blade passed through a loose immortal’s Black Iron Twin Spikes, split his body apart, and devoured his primordial spirit.
• The onlookers stared at Wu Tian in shock after she killed the loose immortal in a single attack.

Wu Tian and his companions fought Squid Daoist and Green Wave Daoist after Wu Tian killed one of their allies in a single move. Green Wave Daoist unleashed his Green Wood Sword against Bai Li, whose Dragon God Armor and battle experience prepared her to withstand the attack.

• Squid Daoist realized Wu Tian's strength was far beyond his cultivation and charged into the fight cautiously.
• Green Wave Daoist attacked Bai Li with his High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure, the Green Wood Sword.
• Green Wave Daoist infused the sword with Water Dao and Jia Wood laws, creating a Jianmu Domain that pushed back the black mist from Wu Tian's lotus.
• Bai Li activated her Dragon God Armor and readied her weapon, remaining largely unaffected by the pressure of the Jianmu image.

Wu Tian and her companions defeated the scattered immortals, killing Green Wave Daoist and driving Squid Daoist to flee. With Biyou Fairy left alone, Bai Li asked Wu Tian to spare her.

• Huluwa shielded Bai Li from Green Wave Daoist’s attack and shattered his Jianmu domain with the laws of yin, yang, and the five elements.
• Wu Tian killed Green Wave Daoist with the Mountain-Driving Whip, destroying his primordial spirit while his True Spirit escaped into the void.
• Squid Daoist fled into the sea behind a screen of black ink, and Huluwa failed to find him.
• Wu Tian and her companions slaughtered the remaining scattered immortals, while the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus absorbed their vitality.
• Ying Long blocked Biyou Fairy as she tried to flee with Green Wave Daoist’s corpse, and Bai Li asked Wu Tian to let her go.

Wu Tian and Bai Li decided what to do with Biyou Fairy after the battle, then hurried into Fangzhang Island before its array closed. The island vanished from the Eastern Sea again, leaving scattered cultivators to find the battlefield and Green Wave Daoist’s body.

• Bai Li urged Wu Tian not to kill Biyou Fairy, warning that Squid Daoist had escaped and another death would worsen their conflict with East King Duke.
• When Wu Tian worried Biyou Fairy might reveal Fangzhang Island’s location, Huluwa used his treasure gourd to capture her until they were done.
• The Innate Great Array began repairing itself and concealing Fangzhang Island, so Wu Tian, Bai Li, Huluwa, and Ying Long rode the Twelve-grade World-Destroying Black Lotus through its opening.
• The array closed behind them, and Fangzhang Island vanished from the Eastern Sea.
• Scattered cultivators arrived later, found no island, and discovered Green Wave Daoist’s body among the bodies floating on the sea.

Hong Yun reforged the Jade Plate of Creation fragments into a treasure empowered by the Fire Cloud Cave World, advancing his Great Dao of Karma and sensing the Karma Demon God in the Chaos. He threatened to seek out the demon, then used his refined treasure to investigate how to gather the remaining Innate Five Directions Banners.

• Scattered immortals recognized Green Wave Daoist's corpse and set off to report his death to Mu Gong.
• Hong Yun sensed the karma on Wu Tian and chuckled at the trouble his disciple had caused.
• Hong Yun's Great Dao of Karma advanced, and he fused the Jade Plate of Creation fragments into a Heavenly Dao-like treasure for the Fire Cloud Cave World.
• Hong Yun and the Karma Demon God sensed each other across the Chaos, and Hong Yun told the demon he was coming to find him.
• Hong Yun used his refined treasure to seek a way to gather the Innate Five Directions Banners, three of which he already possessed.

Hong Yun realized the matter was connected to Huluwa and the others, then left for West Kunlun. On Fangzhang Island, Huluwa and his companions found the Pure World White Lotus while searching for the island’s array core, as Squid Daoist hid at sea and debated reporting what happened to Mu Gong.

• Hong Yun understood a connection to the group and sent Zhen Yuan Zi a telepathic message before heading to West Kunlun.
• Huluwa, Wu Tian, Bai Li, and Ying Long explored Fangzhang Island and sensed that an Innate Spiritual Root lay near its center.
• The four hurried toward the island’s core, hoping to refine it and control the Innate Great Array before other cultivators arrived.
• Huluwa and Wu Tian recognized a white lotus on a lake island as the Pure World White Lotus.
• Squid Daoist hid near Zifu Continent after witnessing Green Wave Daoist’s death and wondered whether to report the incident to Mu Gong.

Squid Daoist decided to claim credit for Fangzhang Island after hearing that Green Wave Daoist and the others had likely been killed. He reached East King Duke’s residence with a fabricated plea for help and was pulled into the hall as the doors opened.

• Squid Daoist overheard rogue immortals say they were collecting Green Wave Daoist’s remains and feared that the others had been killed.
• Squid Daoist decided to reach East King Duke before the other rogue immortals and lie about what had happened.
• Squid Daoist disguised his appearance and rushed into Fangzhu Mountain, claiming Green Wave Daoist and Biyou Fairy needed help.
• East King Duke’s young disciple took Squid Daoist to the cultivation hall and reported his plea for help.
• The palace doors opened, and a force dragged Squid Daoist into the hall.

Squid Daoist gave East King Duke a misleading account of the fight, but East King Duke learned that Green Wave was dead and Biyou was trapped, then recognized the newly appeared island as Fangzhang Island. He left to investigate, while Candle Dragon also sensed the island’s emergence.

• Squid Daoist told East King Duke that the Dragon Clan had attacked his group over an immortal island, blaming their defeat on a powerful black lotus platform.
• East King Duke divined that Green Wave had died and sensed that Biyou was confined, then heard Squid Daoist describe the island.
• East King Duke realized the island was Fangzhang Island and took Squid Daoist to the site of the fight.
• Other wandering immortals arrived at East King Duke’s dojo with Green Wave’s body and learned that East King Duke had already left.
• Candle Dragon sensed Fangzhang Island’s emergence from deep within the Dragon Palace.

Candle Dragon learned that Fangzhang Island had appeared and went to check on Huluwa and the others, who had drawn the East Sea’s powerful figures into conflict. Meanwhile, Hong Yun visited West Kunlun, bribed Lu Wu with a gourd, and was met by West Queen Mother herself.

• Candle Dragon noticed the disturbance surrounding Fangzhang Island and hurried to the East Sea to watch over Hong Yun’s disciples.
• Huluwa and the others killed East King Duke’s disciples and many rogue immortals, drawing important East Sea figures into the conflict.
• Hong Yun arrived at West Kunlun and offered Lu Wu a gourd so he would report Hong Yun’s visit to West Queen Mother.
• Lu Wu accepted the gourd and went up the mountain, while Hong Yun considered using gourds to create links to other powerful figures’ abodes.
• West Queen Mother came down to meet Hong Yun, carrying the gourd and holding Lu Wu in the form of a kitten.